Eaves-trough



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W. S. HARRIS.

BAVES TROUGH- No. 552,055. Patented Jan. 8. 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. HARRIS, OF NILES, OHIO.

srnoIFIcArIoN forming para of Letters Patent No. 532,056, dated Januarys, 1895. Application filed May 3, 1894. Serial No. 509,970. (ll'omodel.)

To LZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM S. HARRIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Niles, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain `new and useful Improvements in Eaves-Troughs; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to eaves troughs; and it consists in the novelconstruction of the end of the trough as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a front view of the end of the eavestrough. Fig. 2 is a longi- V tudinal section through the same.

The eaves trough is of any approved construction, and generally consistsof a substantially semicylindrical body portion A provided with a scrolla. at the top of one side.

The end B of the trough is formed integral with the trough, and isformed by cutting away a portion of the scroll a, and puckering the endportion of the trough into a series of radial corrugations b. Thesecorrugations are made by tools specially adapted for the purpose, andthey radiate from about the center line of the trough drawnlongitudinally and level with its top. The corrugations are preferablyarranged to be in a vertical plane on the outside of the end of thetrough, and

incline upwardly and inwardly on its inside as clearly shown in Fig. 2.The meeting poru tions of the corrugations b are rigidly secured 35together bya mass of solder C, and when thus soldered together they makea very strong and stiff end to the trough. v

D is a cap soldered over the edges of the top corrugations. This capgives the end of 4o the trough a more finished appearance and also helpsto strengthen it. i

with a cap soldered-over the upper corrugations of the series,substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM s. HARRIS.

Witnesses:

ERNEST L. BOYNTON, JOHN O. PEw.

